RUIZ-BONILLA, SERGIO (2022) Planetary Giant Impacts: Simulating Moon-Forming Collisions. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.
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Abstract
Giant impacts between proto-planets were a common event in our solar system 4.5 billion years ago. However, understanding their details and consequences is still an open problem. In this thesis I use smoothed particle hydrodynamics to study how pre-impact spin of the proto planets could affect the hypothesised giant impact that formed the Earth--Moon system, as well as developing tools to improve the numerical methods applied to these studies.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Award: | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Keywords: | astronomy numerical methods giant impacts Moon |
| Faculty and Department: | Faculty of Science > Physics, Department of |
| Thesis Date: | 2022 |
| Copyright: | Copyright of this thesis is held by the author |
| Deposited On: | 30 Aug 2022 10:49 |
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